jacobvandy wrote on May 11, 2012, 18:02:

eunichron wrote on May 11, 2012, 17:29:
Actually, Blizzard only brought a suit to prevent Valve from trademarking the name so that DOTA would remain a part of the community. There was nothing in the paperwork that suggested Blizzard wanted the trademark for themselves. I know it doesn't fit into your neat little categories of Blizzard being the big evil corporate machine vs Valve the savior of PC gaming, but I'm sure the settlement required that Valve not challenge any future iterations of the original DOTA mod.

You still need legal standing in order to oppose a trademark... I read the paperwork, too, and they were trying really hard to prove how the term was rooted in their own games' culture and that it virtually belonged to them because of their terms of service. Doesn't matter if they haven't officially filed for the trademark, they were still claiming they had rights to the term and Valve didn't. Obviously their arguments failed.

Cutter wrote on May 11, 2012, 11:59:
If George is so passionate about the series he should bloody well finish it instead of playing rockstar.

space captain wrote on May 10, 2012, 16:38:

Jivaro wrote on May 10, 2012, 16:20:
If you own a Sony TV and you are happy with what you got for the price, grats. All I am saying is that what I saw on the shelves over the last year was not impressive at all and overpriced. I expect Sony to bring more to the table.

dude if you expect your personal tv shopping experience to define the reality of every model sony tv in all places and times, then you are so incredibly deluded that no conversation is even possible in the first place

your argument is no more valid than mine

Prez wrote on May 8, 2012, 14:10:
There's no evidence that there's a bubble to burst at all - it's only people wishing and hoping it is a bubble because this threatens the stranglehold the greed-driven, creativity-crushing powers-that-be currently hold. Them and the arrogant know-it-all's who believe people shouldn't be given what they want because they are too stupid to figure out what it is they want on their own (One of them is posting in this thread right now, but thankfully I have him on ignore so I am spared his self- important, idiotic blathering).

There will be some failures and setbacks, maybe even some spectacular ones, but all it will take is one high-profile project like the Tim Schafer one or Wasteland to be released and be great and I think people will be sold on kickstarters. The failures will make people wary, but the successes (assuming they eventually come) will win out in the long run.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 7, 2012, 13:12:

eunichron wrote on May 7, 2012, 12:59:

Oh wait, the only differences are that one has an RMAH and always-online DRM.

To be perfectly honest, if you're going to allow a RMAH, there's no real way to get around it. It's going to have to have an 'always on' connection if nothing to break dupers, and reducing the chances of seeing 29370879878909 SoJ's. Like we saw last time, you know, in D2.

Wallshadows wrote on May 7, 2012, 10:39:
From what I recall, the reason there is no offline mode is due to the fact that most of the items, if not all, are stored server side to prevent the wide-spread duping found in D2 and D1 where the information was stored locally. Could you imagine the RMAH with Diablo 2 duping?

Another ruststorm could come and wipe out all the duped items or items disappear after you leave the game and those who bought in to them will be calling for heads to roll while the seller cashes out.

It makes sense to me and if it actually makes a dupe-free market then I think this design will impress more people than turn away.

Prez wrote on May 6, 2012, 10:20:
I'm sure it's possible that Lucasarts were being complete assholes during the development period, but the contention that they killed it by "stalling tactics" is hard for me to swallow. Why the hell would they do that instead killing it the tried and tested old-fashioned way? Like just cancelling outright. Very odd.

Aero wrote on May 5, 2012, 17:28:
It is amazing how they went from one of the best early PC game developers (starting with games having nothing to do with Lucas's IP, like Maniac Mansion, Battle of Britain, SWOTL, LOOM, Sam and Max, etc.) to one of the most reviled IP cash-in shops at almost exactly the same time the prequels were released. They *were* one of the greatest studios of all time.

I bet you there's a really interesting story to what happened at Lucasarts between about 1997 and 2000.

MattyC wrote on May 4, 2012, 13:39:
To be honest, I had no idea the RR series was still alive and kicking.

wallace321 wrote on May 4, 2012, 12:55:
Agreed - i have the "Dark Elves" edition, but this is the 3rd or 4th time they've done this. I have no plans on buying another edition, but I might have paid $2.99 for a new stadium, or .99 for a new race. Is that seriously all they keep adding in these new editions? A few races? A new stadium? A new mode? Can these different editions play against each other? It's a cool game, but honestly, these additions are DLC for a single product. All these different editions are confusing.

nin wrote on May 3, 2012, 17:09:

The reason the TES games are great is because you play a character that becomes renown or reviled and known by all. When you're playing cookie cutter Nord Warrior #37 while standing next to cookie cutter Nord Warrior #38 that doesn't happen.

That's the challenge of every MMO. WOW does it, and for all we know (right now) this one might do the same.

But I agree with jdrez: it's way too early to make any predictions right now.

Creston wrote on May 3, 2012, 16:46:
I never really got into the original CoH. I thought at the time that it deviated from the established RTS formally too much (imagine my surprise when DoW2 came out...) and the really precise "this is needed to counter that and that is needed to counter that" stuff was just annoying. there were also way too many missions of the "These are your forces, and they're all you get. Now go attack Hitler's Third Legion with them!" variety.

It also had a just plain stupid final mission. "What's the ONE thing that really pisses RTS gamers off? Oh, it's when they have to fight in multiple areas of the map at once. Let's make a map where they have to do so in three (four?) different locations! GIGGLELULZ!"

So... not terribly excited about this one, but Relic makes good enough games that it always warrants to keep an eye on them.

Creston

Verno wrote on May 3, 2012, 14:59:

Flatline wrote on May 3, 2012, 14:46:
I'm actually surprised that they're sticking with the European theater. There's a lot of other options during WW2. Eastern front is interesting to be sure, but there's also the African campaign, the Italian campaign, not to mention the entire Pacific Theater.

Africa would have been great, it's always neglected in media representation. Some great battles in that for the singleplayer scenarios - Tobruk, El Alamein, etc.

Tumbler wrote on May 3, 2012, 15:47:
After DoW2, the expansions, Company of Heroes Online and then Space Marine I'm not feeling good about the next game from Relic. And I suppose that weird mini game is something too. All that weird dlc for those leader characters...can't even remember what they called it.

I'm expecting this to be some weird hybrid between space marine and CoH. The scanned mag images definitely seem to suggest they're going to extreme detail up close which looks like a FPS/3PS at times.

Jdrez wrote on May 3, 2012, 13:12:
People calling it a flop before the first screenshot is out are presumptuous idiots. It may well flop but we know nothing about that yet.

As to '200 idiots same quest' they will probably instance most things in dungeons. Duh.

All I know is I've been wanting this for years and I hope like hell it stays first person and real time, and that they don't try to go WoW and give us more boring fucking hotbar 'combat.'

Dev wrote on May 2, 2012, 19:02:

Flatline wrote on May 2, 2012, 17:56:
Dude you and every other swinging dick out there. I have at least two friends who think they might be able to quit their jobs and just work the Diablo auction hall.

In reality, you know who you're competing against? Gold farmers. Chinese prisoners forced to play the game 18 hours a day. Professionals who will be perfectly willing to muscle you out through razor-thin margins because they have the man-hours and labor pool to do it.

Except you apparently didn't bother to read the FAQ or my post about it. No asian RMAH is going to be released currently. Your RMAH is regionally locked, and the region is set by your physical living address. You can play in other regions, but your RMAH is fixed.

They may be able to get around it, (such as paying companies to setup a business presence in USA, I think that can be done for around $1500 or so), but its going to be harder.

Verno wrote on May 2, 2012, 09:24:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 1, 2012, 21:02:
I'm on my second playthrough, which I'm looking to fully explore and complete (though I didn't exactly skimp on my first). A delay of a month is completely irrelevant to me, especially when I have so many great games and will be playing a lot of Diablo III by then. Sure it would be nice if Microsoft also gave PC users some love - especially as they created Windows and DirectX... it's not like they don't have any interest in it - but it has already shown complete contempt for the PC gaming market and there's no signs of that changing.

The only problem I find with long waits between replays of Elder Scrolls games is that you almost need a big mod refresher course. Stuff you used before will inevitably be outdated and new incompatibilities will be found. I always feel like its a bunch of work to get back into them so I like to play them right away, that's what kind of sucks about the wait for DLC.

I can't really play without the mods either of course, many are so good I consider them vital to the experience. Oh well!